Karl E. Seifert

Background

Seifert, Karl E. was born on March 16, 1934 in Orangeville, Ohio, United States. Son of Allan L. and Elma I. (Cassidy) Seifert.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Bowling Green State University, 1956; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963.

Career

Assistant professor geology, Iowa State University, Ames, 1965-1968; associate professor, Iowa State University, Ames, 1968-1972; professor geology, Iowa State University, Ames, since 1972; chair department geology, Iowa State University, Ames, 1988-1991. Shipboard scientist Deep Sea Drilling Project, Pacific Ocean, 1978, Ocean Drilling project, Atlantic Ocean, 1993. Visiting science fellow Geological Museum, Oslo, 1979.

Speaker in field.

Membership

Captain United States Air Force, 1961-1965. Fellow Geological Society American. Member Geochem. Society, American Geophysical Union.

Interests

• Avocations: racquetball, tennis, backpacking.

Connections

Married Norma L. Scroggy, December 18, 1954 (divorced 1981). Children: Keith Alan, Lynnette Kay, Kendall Curtis. Married Carole Ann Aselman, June 19, 1981.

Father:

Allan L. Seifert

Mother:

Elma I. (Cassidy) Seifert

Spouse:

Carole Ann Aselman

Spouse:

Norma L. Scroggy

child:

Lynnette Kay Seifert

child:

Kendall Curtis Seifert

child:

Keith Alan Seifert